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16 Reasons Why Pope Benedict XVI is Actually Resigning

On Monday it was announced that Pope Benedict XVI will resign as head of the Catholic Church. Although he cited age and infirmity as reasons for becoming the first pope to resign in 600 years, there may be several hidden reasons why Benedict is stepping down. Here are XVI possible explanations for this extremely rare occurrence.

I. Mass just not the same since Communion wafers became gluten-free

II. Having a hard time paying back bad Super Bowl bet, so he's going to cool his heels in Malta for a while

III. Will now focus full-time on other job because hey, pimpin' ain't easy